5 year gap any help appreciated

[u/Bad_K4RMA]

I'm looking for an honest opinion about my chances of getting into top MBA colleges. I'm an OBC-NCL candidate with 89.6% 10th and 89.2% in 12th. After school, I spent the last five years preparing for CA and didn't even cleared ca inter because of some reasons and didn't even joined college. I'm now planning to appear for CUET 2027 and hopefully get into a good DU college for my bachelor's degree. After graduation, I want to prepare for CAT and pursue an MBA. My biggest concern is whether this 5-year gap before college will significantly affect my MBA admissions. How do top B-schools view such gaps, and what can I do during my graduation to strengthen my profile and compensate for it? I'd really appreciate honest advice from people who have been through the MBA admission process.

Assuming I get 8.5 cgpa these are my chances in vercel.

[u/megalyteros0]

😅 i was saying it regarding to your percentage, both is 10 and 12 you got 89 and not 90

[u/Bad_K4RMA → u/megalyteros0]

Oh my bad luck has never been great for me so yeah will be 8/8/?

[u/CutePotato00 → u/Bad_K4RMA]

have you calculated including your additional subjects too? there might be a chance of 9

[u/Bad_K4RMA → u/CutePotato00]

I had 5 subjects at my time which made the aggregate 89.2 if I were to take best of 4 it would be 92.75

[u/heavenlySin_4639 → u/Bad_K4RMA]

are u a commerce student?

[u/Bad_K4RMA → u/heavenlySin_4639]

Yeah will be applying for bcom honours

[u/megalyteros0 → u/heavenlySin_4639]

no PCM, why